Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the very end of 2022, a new offering, ChatGPT, emerged from OpenAI , funded in the billions by Microsoft and others, that puts online access to information in a smart new light – even Google is nervous about its possible future obsolescence, if it can eliminate the need for ad-fueled search, where it makes most of its money.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jennifer Splawski, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Director of Clinical Strategy at Bluesight In the ever-evolving landscape of patient safety, a groundbreaking solution has emerged to combat medication errors and enhance operational efficiency in hospitals.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2021

Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. Key financial priorities in 2021 will be paying off debt, building up emergency savings, and paying for day-to-day living expenses. Job losses at the start of the coronavirus pandemic hit the health care industry hard.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. Consider that the median costs of long-term care are higher than ever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Trends accelerated by the pandemic continue to emerge, and the population aged 50+ will continue to purchase and use technology, accounting for an estimated 51% of technology spending by 2030. A striking shift from care in faci lities and hospitals to care in the home. . What trends matter this year and beyond?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

In particular, it is great to see the emergence of Primetime Partners , specifically focused on the aging-related market opportunity. The first, HomeEXCEPT was one missed at the time, emerging from a 2017 AARP Innovation Business Plan competition. The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. Learn m ore.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

From integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare and health data platforms to establishing robust data standards that reach beyond clinical settings to managing patient consent and increased patient access, it is fair to say that health data exchange and data management have many important intricacies worthy of careful attention.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Covid-19 fallout pushed the care industries into the home. Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS. The future?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Some of this shift to virtual care will be permanent. A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic. As an example, elder care differs from pediatric care. The challenges with telehealth in elder care were the topic of a recent study by Harvard Business School.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

But constraints faced now and in coming years are beginning to emerge from public and political debates about privacy, ethics and proposed regulation. The following domains will add AI (via voice or other interaction modes) to services, including: Health management of self-care, enabling conversational access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. And the shortages in home care , home healthcare , skilled nursing facilities and senior living are juxtaposed with an overall labor shortage, just as the oldest baby boomer has turned 76 and has significant remaining life expectancy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The US population is aging and will be needing more care. You read it every day in the popular press – the bad news about the 65+ and their future care burden and the good news about the 65+ and their wealth (22% of US spending in 2022). The last-ditch choices will be emergency room visit or long wait for a doctor visit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Population Health Telehealth Workflow Workforce On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care. Assess how your organization can be nimble with granting access to systems and sites in emergencies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Consider The Internet of Caring Things. The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2024, AI will likely be everywhere and all around, from tech where it is embedded to AI-centric devices and services, including the emergence of AI in professional care work , back office senior care, and the home-based support of older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

New progress for dementia care. Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help. TaprootElla. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Here are five from recent times: Amazon Care Hub. Care Hub represents the next iteration of smart speakers , which have evolved from just playing music or providing the weather forecast, to enabling home security services and now supporting senior citizens at home. Learn more at Care Hub. Not yet released. Amazon Guard Plus.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Our reporters will be on the ground to cover the exciting discussions on healthcare analytics, new models of care, and more. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Analytics Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Patients experience the effects of this impact through a reduction in available services, an increase in appointment wait times, and lengthy visits at the emergency department. While in this transition phase, many organizations are looking to information technology to advance their operational efficiency and further evolve patient care.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

Follow the conference on Twitter using the hashtag #PrevCon2021 and the organizational tag @SafeKids]. Mental and emotional health impacts will emerge as a long-term epidemic inside and after the pandemic becomes endemic and recedes in 2022 onward. What happens to us as children then sets the personal stage for us as adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blooming Health's user-friendly platform addresses the vital needs of older adults and the family caregiver population, including wellness check-ins and needs detection around nutrition access, transportation and mobility, emergency preparedness, and follow-ups on the outcome of services provided to thousands of individuals every day.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So 2020 was a year that produced 5 white papers and three long research reports emerge – normally not feasible with so much here-and-there travel. The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Part of its three-pillar approach to modernization, VA is leveraging innovative technologies, both in-house and commercial off-the-shelf solutions, to provide Veterans with personalized medical care that addresses their individual needs, and the results for Veterans and their families are amazing. Improving care through technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And not least, look at the shortage of workers in the care industries and the obvious but elusive pay raise that would match the market of possible workers. Sensor tech -- what changes in care technology will be different later in this decade? category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

There is a labor shortage everywhere -- ditto in senior care. We know that one of the biggest issues in senior living (and home care, nursing homes, home health care) today is a shortage of labor. B ut is tech investment part of all senior care strategies?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care, avoiding emergency rooms or long wait for a doctor visit.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Some other thoughts about 2023 tech trends: Remote (health) care technology should add socialization. It’s care circle could be modeled after the original OneClick.chat – video chat for solo agers to converse with others while dining alone at home. In 2023, perhaps a new offering will emerge? That website shut down around 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Companies emerged or announced updates addressing dementia care. The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. RubyWell helps all family caregivers save and make money, so you can regain financial stability and focus on caring.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. The meeting’s tagline this year is “Health That Connects + Tech That Cares.” ” That’s a good start and intent for putting people first for their own health and the health of the people for whom they care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. But is that the best setting for dementia care? No surprise: Data underpins care quality in senior living and home care. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

The webinar, organised by the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community, was chaired by Mette Maria Skjoeth from Odense University Hospital, Denmark, featured registered nurse experts Ann Gregory, clinical nurse advisor to NHSX in the UK and Luis Encinas, emergency coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, Spain. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

From the findings; One of the media-fueled risks today with the plethora of AI-related hype is the tendency to find and publicize deficiencies and mistakes, reinforcing the premise that it is too early for benefits across industries like senior living or home care. With growing usage of AI technology, numerous ethical questions are emerging.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Some examples are: Remote home monitoring: Elder care robots that can assist nurses and caregivers to focus on the elderly person’s needs 1. Portable devices and wearable intelligence: Gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services 1 2.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

Long ago ‘aging in place’ terminology emerged with a different meaning. Long forgotten now, it was briefly in Wikipedia to define the benefit of a continuing care retirement community where you did not have to leave the community if you required higher levels of care. Or the cost and availability of home care?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 29, 2022

It's easy to find care information for aging parents online. Years ago, it might have been hard to find answers to questions, especially in the midst of an emergency – when a parent is being discharged from a hospital and the home is unsafe. Today the Internet is a rich resource to navigate aging and care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Trends worth noting about care work. Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs. What will drive innovation in care?

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